Jihadists’ use and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction : a comparative study of Al-Qaeda and Islamic state’s chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons programs

• Main Author: Dass, Rueben Ananthan Santhana
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::Religions; Islamic State; Jihadists
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155761
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article compares and contrasts the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons programs of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State through the framework of organizational structure, typology, ideology and CBRN incidents (selected case studies). A three-step CBRN model explaining the use of...